Combination-tool.



E LARBIG.

COMBINATIDN TOOL.

APPLICATION man JAN-27, 1915.

Patented Oct. 31,1916.

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COMBINATION -TO0L. APPLICATION FILED JA,N.'27,'1915.

1,203,366. Patented Oct. 31, 1916 '2 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

EDWARD LARBIG, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES COMBINATION-T6011.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Application filed January 27, 1915. Serial No. 4,697.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWAR LARBIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates an improved combination tool and has as its primary object to provide a tool of this character especially adapted for the use of automobilists or motorcyclists, and which is also adapted for general use.

The invention has as a further object to provide a tool of this character which combines in a simple construction, arelatively large number of working elements each especially adapted for a particular purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tool of this character wherein certain of said elements are detachably mounted upon the tool to the end that they may be disconnected and used as occasion may demand, and wherein the tool is so formed as to provide a holding means for one of said detachable elements in order that it may be effectually operated.

The invention has as a still further object to provide resilient means i for normally maintaining the detachable elements in assembled relation upon the tool, said resilient means also acting to normally maintain a movable element, carried by the tool, at adjustment.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred form of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several .views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved tool showing the parts thereof in normal assembled relation, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the movable jaw tool detached from the tool, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the stationary jaw carried by the tool, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation partly in section of the stationary jaw with the removable socket wrench fitted therein, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation partly in section of the adjustment provided for the movable jaw as well as the construction of pip-e wrench pro vided in my improved tool, Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 1 disclosing the formation ofthe jaws of the pliers provided in my improved tool whereby coacting cutting edges are formed to produce cutting shears, Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective .view of the inner extremity of one of the handles of the tool disclosing the claw formed thereon, the said claw also'coacting with the movable jaw of the tool to provide a pipe wrench, as shown in Fig. 5, Fig. 8 is a section taken on the line 88 of Fig. 1., and showing the wire cutter provided in my improved tool and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the socket wrench detached.

Referring especially to Fig. 1 of the drawings, my improved tool includes coacting members providing handles 10 and 11, which members are pivotally connected by a suitable pivot pin as at 12, the outer extremities of the members forming coacting jaws 13 and 1e respectively, to provide pliers.

The jaws 13 and 14 adjacent the outer extremities thereof, are provided with recesses opening upon their confronting faces to form a substantially rectangular nut receiving socket 15, the walls of said socket being preferably formed with teeth as illustrated in the drawings in order that the said socket may effectually engage a nut or rod, if desired. The jaws l3 and 14 adjacent the inner extremities thereof are cut away as shown at 16 to provide fiat confronting faces 17, the adjacent inner edges of which are reversely beveled as shown at 18 to define coacting cutting edges 19 as shown in detail in Fig. 6 of the drawings, providing shears especially adapted for cutting sheet metal or the like. It will be observed that confronting faces of the jaws 13 and 1& at the outer extremities thereof are preferably flat to seat against each other.

The handles 10 and 11 adjacent the pivot pin 12 are provided with alined notches 20, as shown in detail in Fig. 8 of the drawings, to form a wire cutter as will be readily understoed, while the confronting faces of the said handles immediately adjacent said notches and outwardly spaced therefrom toward the outer extremities of the handles, are enlarged and cut away to provide a substantially rectangular nut receiving socket 21 similar to the socket 15, the walls of the socket 21, being also preferably provided with teeth. However, it is to be noted that the socket 21 is preferably larger than the socket 15 to receive nuts of correspondingly greater dimensions.

The handle or stock 11, throughout the major portion of its length is provided with a fiat inner face 22 and formed thereon intermediate the length of the handle is a latcrally projecting and inwardly extending guide 23 which is provided with a longitudinally extending preferably hexagonal bore 24. Disposed adjacent the guide 23 in spaced relation thereto is a similarly aranged guide 25 which is also provided with a suitable bore in alinement with the bore 2%. The outer extremity of the handle 11 is enlarged to provide a laterally disposed fixed jaw 26 having a fiat outer face and the inner extremity of said jaw is provided with a longitudinally extending preferably hexagonal bore 27 alining with the bores formed in the guides 23 and 25.

Detachably connected to the handle 11 is a movable jaw or member shown in detail in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This movable jaw is provided with a head 28, the inner face of which, at one extremity, is preferably fiat to confront the fiat working face of the fixed jaw 26, while at its opposite extremity, the inner face of the said head is provided with a plurality of teeth 29. One end of the head 28 is flattened to provide a hammer face 30 and formed in the said head inwardly spaced from the hammer face 30, is an inwardly disposed and vertically arranged socket 31 opening through the opposite faces of the head, the socket 31 being substantially rectangular and of a diameter to receive the squared valve head of a lighting gas tank. By this arrangement, it will be observed that the. tool may be readily employed in turning on the lights of an automobile.

h'ledially formed on the head 28 is a laterally extending shank 32 which is preferably hexagonal in cross-section and which is reduced adjacent its outer extremity as at 33, the outer extremity of the shank being also preferably hexagonal in cross-section. Formed on the adjacent faces of the shank upon one side thereof, is a longitudinally extending rack 34, while adjacent walls of the bore 27 upon one side thereof as well as the bore 2% are formed with teeth 35 and 36 respectively. The shank 32 of the movable jaw is disposed to removably fit within the bores 27 and 24 with the reduced extremity 33 of the shank extending freely through the bore formed in the guide 25, it, of course, being understood that the bore 2a is of less diameter than the bore 27. The shank 32 is freely mounted within the said bores re ferred to and is disposed for movement longitudinally within the said bores, so that when it is desired to adjust the movable jaw 23 with relation to the fixed jaw 26, the shank 32 of the movable jaw may be depressed within the said bores to a position where the rack 34 formed on the shank 32 will clear the teeth 35 and 36, when the said shank may be moved longitudinally within the said bores. This mounting of the shank 32 is more particularly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. For normally maintaining the rack 34 formed on the shank in engagement with the teeth 35 and 36, I provide the resilient finger 38.

The finger 38 is preferably formed from a single piece of suitable resilient sheet metal having one extremity thereof secured in any suitable manner to the fiat face 22 of the handle 11, while its opposite extremity is disposed to project laterally from the shank in the path of the shank 32 of the movable jaw, it being observed that the finger is arranged to engage the shank of the movable jaw immediately in advance of the guide 23. By this arrangement, it will be observed that the movable jaw may be readily adjusted relative to the fixed jaw while the said finger 38 will automatically urge the shank 32 of the movable jaw to position where the rack 3a of the said shank will engage the teeth 35 and 36 to thus hold the movable jaw stationary after the adjustment thereof has been accomplished.

An efficient wrench is thus provided in the movable jaw and the fixed jaw 26, while the outer extremity of the shank 32 of the movable jaw is cut away to provide the bit 39 of a screw driver which may be readily employed by entirely disconnecting the movable jaw from the handle 11.

Removably fitted between the guides 23 and 25, and freely receiving the reduced extremity 33 of the shank 32 of the movable jaw, is a sleeve or workin element 4:0, the sleeve 40 having a longitudinally extending hexagonal bore formed therein to receive the said reduced extremity of the shank. This sleeve 40 is shown in detail in Fig. 9 of the drawings and at one extremity, is provided with longitudinally extending oppositely disposed lugs 41 which are freely received within suitable alined recesses formed in the adjacent end of the guide as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Arranged to bear against the sleeve is a resilient finger 37 which is similar to the finger 38 previously described andis disposed to bear against the said sleeve for maintaining it in a relatively stationary position upon the reduced portion of the shank 32 to consequently eliminate rattling.

As will now be clear, by disconnecting the movable jaw from the handle 11, as previously described, the sleeve 40 may be removed from between the guides 23 and Attention is called to the fact that when the movable jaw is so disconnected, the bore 27 may be employed as a socket wrench. The bore 27 as will be observed upon refer ence to Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, is

formed with a long and a short diameter, the long diameter being provided to permit of the movement of the shank 32 of the movable jaw within said bore to engage or disengage the teeth of the rhck 34 with or from the teeth 35 formed in the said bore.

The sleeve 40 is of a diameter substantially equal to the short diameter of the bore 27 so that it may be removably fitted within the said bore after having been detached from between the guides 23 and 25 as above referred to as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. When so arranged within the bore 27, it will be noted that the said sleeve will not contact with the teeth 36 formed in the bore, to result in the possible mutilation thereof. This is also best shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. By thus fitting the sleeve 40 "within the bore 27 with the lugs 41 disposed inwardly within the said bore, it will be observed that the said sleeve provides a socket wrench of considerably less diameter than that provided by the bore 27. By reversing the sleeve 40 within the bore 27 so that the lugs 41 thereof will project outwardly, the said sleeve provides a spanner wrench through the medium of the said lugs, especially adapted for the purpose of taking up or loosening the clutch of a motorcycle.

From the preceding description, it will be clear that a hammer is provided in the movable jaw carried by the handle 11, it being preferable that the said movable jaw be disconnected from the handle when used for such purpose, the head 23 of the movable jaw providing a hammer head of considerable weight having a hammer face 30. When used in this capacity, the movable jaw will thus provide a very effective hammer, the shank 32 of the movable jaw serving as the handle of the hammer.

The handle 10 at its outer extremity, is bent inwardly toward the handle 11 to provide a laterally disposed swinging jaw 42 confronting the adjacent extremity of the movable jaw carried by the handle and being disposed to coact therewith. The outer face of the jaw 42 is straight and is provided with teeth 43 disposed to coact with the teeth 29 formed on the movable jaw.

At its free extremity, the jaw 42 is suitably notched as shown at 44 to provide a claw 45, the walls of the notch 44 converging inwardly at an angle substantially equal to the inclination of the adjacent faces of the shank 3 of the movable jaw and being provided with the rack 34. By this arrangement, it will be observed that when the handle 10 is swung upon the pivot 12 toward the handle 11 to bring the jaw 42 into co acting relation with the movable jaw carried by the handle 11 as shown in Figs. 1 and5 of the drawings, the wings of the claw 45 will embrace the rack 34 with the inclined edges of the notch 44 seating against the said rack and engaging the teeth thereof. The upper face of the fixed jaw 26 is cut away at its inner extremity as shown at 46 to permit the claw 45 to thus engage the rack 34, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. Particular emphasisv is laid upon this feature of the invention whereby the jaw 42 is disposed to engage the rack 34, since by such arrangement, the said shank will limit the jaw 42 in its swinging movement in one direction and support the said edge under strain, while, owing to the engagement between the jaw 42 and the said shank, the jaw 42 will coact with. the teeth 35 and 36 carried by the fixed jaw 26 and guide 23 respectively, in maintaining the movable jaw stationary when under strain and coacting with the said jaw 42.

It will now be observed that in the. provision of the movable jaw carried by the handle 11 and thecoacting jaw 42, an efficient form of pipe wrench is produced as particularly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the coacting faces of the said jaws in this figure being illustrated as in engagement with a conventional form of pipe while the coactingfaces of the movable jaw and the fixed jaw 26 are shown as in engagement with a conventional form of nut. As will be clear, when the wrench is initially engaged with the pipe, the movable jaw may be adjusted to bear upon one side thereof and the jaw 42 swung upon its pivot through the medium of the handle 10 to operatively bear against the opposite side of the pipe. The movement of the tool to rotate the pipe, will then cause the jaw 42 to swing toward the shank 32 of the movable jaw and effectually grip the pipe between the said jaws.

It will be noted that in the provision of the claw 45 an eflicient form of tack or nail puller is produced, the operation of which will be readily understood. It will also be seen that I provide a tool, which while being comparatively simple in construction, includes a relatively large number of working elements especially adapted to the uses of automobilists or motorcyclists although, as will be understood, the said tool provides a very desirable device which may be also used for more general application.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A tool of the class described including a stock having spaced intermediate guideways, one of said intermediate guideways having internal teeth andtransversely alined recesses, a shank operating through said guideways and having teeth for engagement with the teeth of the adjacent guideway, a resilient element operating to maintain the teeth of the shank in engagement with the teeth of the guideway, and a sleeve member having spaced lugs and adapted to be disposed between said intermediate guideways and around said shank with the lugs fitting within the recesses and operating to hold the sleeve from contact with the shank.

2. A tool of the class described including a stock having spaced intermediate guideways, one of said intermediate guideways having internal teeth and transversely alined recesses, a shank operative through said guideways and having teeth for engagement with the teeth of the adjacent guideway, a resilient element operating to maintain the teeth of the shank in engagement with the teeth of the guideway, a sleeve member having spaced lugs and adapted to be disposed between said intermediate guideways and around said shank with the lugs fitting within the recesses and operating to hold the sleeve from contact with the shank, and a resilient member secured to the stock between said guideways and engaging the sleeve for holding said sleeve from rattling.

8. A tool of the class described including a stock having spaced intermediate guideways and aterminal guideway, each of said guideways being provided with an interior bore of angular form in cross section, one

wall of the bore of the terminal guideway and one wall of one of the intermediate guideways being roughened and the bore of the terminal uideway being of greater diameter than the bore of either intermediate guideway, one of said intermediate guideways being provided with transversely alined recesses, a sleeve fitting between the intermediate guideways and provided with lugs seated in the transverse recesses, said sleeve being provided with a bore, the walls of which are angularly disposed, a shank extending through the bores of all of the guideways and also through the bore of the sleeve and provided with a roughened portion, and means mounted on the stock between the terminal guideway and the adjacent intermediate guideway and bearing against the shank for normally holding the roughened surface of the shank in engagement with the roughened surface of the adjacent guideways.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD 'LARBIG.

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